
2001
Images – Taonga source: Clive Morgan
Team Photo: Wellington/Central Districts Deaf Men’s Basketball Team, 2001


1989
article – Taonga source: Kerry Titcombe
Soccer win to Australia
New Zealand showed how much it has improved in the soccer tournament at the World Games for the Deaf when it took two goals in the last 5 min by Australia to beat it in the play-off for ninth place at English Park today.

NZSL Stories

2022
video – Taonga source: Māori Television
Deaf basketball heads to Greece for world cup
The Black Thunder national basketball team is preparing for the World Deaf Basketball Cup next year in Greece. The Black Thunder team completed two games over the past weekend in Palmerston North and Wellington competing against the Australian national deaf basketball team, The Goannas.


2005
Images – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society
Team Photo: Team Photo: New Zealand Womens Basketball Team, 20th Deaflympic Games, Melbourne 2005

NZSL Stories

1969
publication – Taonga source: New Zealand Deaf News
NZ Deaf News: 1969 (Vol. 6, No. 3)

1990
video – Taonga source: Tony Clews
Australian Deaf Rugby League Team: New Zealand Tour
A homemade Sydney documentary on the Australian Deaf Rugby league team’s tour of New Zealand in 1990 from preparation, the tour, the tests, and triumphant return home.


2009
publication – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Auckland Deaf Society newsletter: September 2009

NZSL Stories

1995
publication – Taonga source: Wellington Deaf Society
38th New Zealand Games for the Deaf: Wellington, Labour Weekend 1995


1988
Images – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Team Photo: New Zealand Deaf Rugby League Football Club, Historic Game 1988 between New Zealand and Australia


1998
publication – Taonga source: National Foundation for Deaf and Hard of Hearing
NFD Communicate: Spring 1998


1988
video – Taonga source: Tony Clews
First Deaf rugby league game between Australia and New Zealand in Sydney
Historic first rugby league game between New Zealand and Australia, which took place in Sydney 1988 (Henson Park, Newton). Australia won 16–6.


1979
publication – Taonga source: St Dominic’s Catholic Deaf Centre
Ephpheta: June 1979 (Vol. 2, No. 2)


1990
publication – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Auckland Deaf Society newsletter: June 1990

NZSL Stories

1997
Object – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society
Signed Miniature Cricket Bat: New Zealand Deaf Cricket Team, 1997


1972
article – Taonga source: Wellington Deaf Society
Deaf Sports Convention In Wellington Attracts Many Entries
The New Zealand Deaf Amateur Sports Association’s annual convention in Wellington at the weekend has attracted 250 entries from New Zealand and Australia to what is fast becoming a major New Zealand sporting event.


1995
Object – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Plaque: New Zealand Tour 2005 – Australian Deaf Rugby vs Northern Zone Deaf Rugby


1997
video – Taonga source: AUT Visual Languages Section
Memories of Perry Strawson
Perry Strawson entertains with stories and funny tales from his life; what it’s like to enjoy sports and travel as a young Deaf man.


1998
Object – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society
Netball Uniform: New Zealand Deaf Netball


1979
video – Taonga source: Sue Penman
Trans-Tasman Games 1979 – Basketball
The Australian and New Zealand Deaf men play basketball at the Trans-Tasman Games, held at Lincoln College, Canterbury in January 1979.


2015
publication – Taonga source: St Dominic’s Catholic Deaf Centre
Deaf Southern Star: 2015 (Vol. 37, No. 2)


2006
publication – Taonga source: Oticon Foundation
Soundscape: February 2006


1989
publication – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Auckland Deaf Society newsletter: September 1989

NZSL Stories

1991
publication – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Auckland Deaf Society newsletter: July 1991

NZSL Stories

1979
Object – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society
Wooden Plaque: Central Districts Deaf Sports Versus Australia, Wellington 1985


1979
article – Taonga source: The Press
Mixed doubles badminton at the Trans-Tasman Deaf Games
Carolyn Hamlin keeps a keen eye on the opposition while Lindsay Bamford returns a shot during the mixed doubles Badminton competition of the triennial Trans-Tasman Deaf Games at Lincoln College.

1978
publication – Taonga source: St Dominic’s Catholic Deaf Centre
New Zealand Catholic Deaf Newsletter: August 1978 (Vol. 1, No. 2)


1990
publication – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Auckland Deaf Society newsletter: May 1990

NZSL Stories

1997
article – Taonga source: The Dominion
Going in to bat for deaf cricketers
The New Zealand cricket team beat Australia at the Petone Recreation Ground. You would be forgiven for not knowing the match was on. Media coverage, or rather the lack of it, is a major problem for disabled sport.

1972
Images – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Team Photo: Bankstown (Sydney) Deaf Club v Auckland Deaf Society, 1972


2007
Object – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Framed Pocket Patch: New Zealand Deaf 8 Ball Pool
